Deciding When It's Time To Put Your Pet Down Is Agonizing

Bea and I have been together since I was 21. I adopted her and her sister, Sassy, from a friend almost 13 years ago. Bea was just over a year old, and Sassy was five when we became a trio. I lived alone at the time, and though they were only about 11 pounds each, their presence made me feel safe. From then on, they were always with me, no matter what.
The girls, as I called them, were more than just my pets ; they were my family. They were with me through some of the hardest moments of my life, unconditionally by my side. I knew we wouldn't be together forever, because that's not how life...Read more ...